Summer 1986: NEW YORK, February 13 -- The Third Western States Exhibition, an assembly of 127 works by 45 artists currently working in the Western United States, will open June 6 at The Brooklyn Museum in New York. A project of the Santa Fe based Western States Arts Foundation, organized in cooperation with The Brooklyn Museum, the exhibition will remain on view through August 5.
Philip Morris Companies Inc., sponsor of the first and second Western States Exhibitions, is also the corporate sponsor of the current exhibition. Additional support for the entire exhibition series has been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. The series aims at showcasing a wide cross-section of the western region’s contemporary art and bringing to national and international attention those artists normally not recognized outside their regions.
The current exhibition is the largest and most comprehensive to date. Represented are 19 painters, 12 sculptors, 7 photographers and 7 multi-media artists (see attached complete list of artists). Artists were nominated by curators, artists and other art professionals from all 14 states. After reviewing the work of the 500 nominated artists, curator Charlotta Kotik, The Brooklyn Museum’s curator of contemporary art, traveled some 42,000 miles through 14 states to make studio visits to over 130 of the artists. They were viewed in a full range of working environments, including renovated barns, storefronts, trailer parks, garages, warehouses, old adobes, mountain cabins and under coconut palms.
The fully illustrated catalogue, also made possible by Philip Morris Companies Inc., contains an essay by curator Kotik and biographies of all participating artists.
After leaving Brooklyn, the exhibition will tour to the southern and western United States through May 1988. The scheduled exhibition sites are: New Orleans Contemporary Art Center; J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center; San Antonio Museum of Art; Yellowstone Art Center, Billings; Palm Springs Desert Museum, and San Jose Museum of Art (see attached tour dates).
The Brooklyn Museum, located at 200 Eastern Parkway, is open 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; Saturday, 11:00-6:00 p.m.; Sunday, 1:00-6:00 P.m.; holidays, 1:00-5:00 p.m. and is closed Tuesdays.
Suggested admission fee is $2.00; for students with valid identification, $1.00. Museum members, senior citizens and children under 12 years accompanied by an adult are admitted free.
The Western States Exhibition Series was launched in 1978. Western States Arts Foundation members are: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming and Washington State, an Affiliate Member. California and Texas also participate. In addition, the Foundation operates programs in the literary and performing arts, including the Western States Book Awards and the Performing Arts Tour.
Contacts:
In New York:
Arthur Lindo
The Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238
(718) 638-5000 Ext. 330
Carole Sorell/Susan Long
Carole Sorell Incorporated
345 East 56th Street
New York, NY 10022
(212) 753-5731
In Santa Fe:
Cheryl Alters Jamison
Western States Arts Foundation
207 Shelby Street
Suite 200
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
(505) 988-1166
THIRD WESTERN STATES EXHIBITION ARTISTS
DAVID AIRHART; Boise, Idaho; Painting
RUDY AUTIO; Missoula, Montana; Sculpture
CHARLOTTE BENDER; Tucson, Arizona; Painting
GAY BLOCK; Houston, Texas; Photography
DEREK BOSHIER; Houston, Texas; Painting
MARSHA BURNS; Seattle, Washington; Photography
DEBORAH BUTTERFIELD; Bozeman, Montana; Sculpture
SQUEAK CARNWATH; Oakland, California; Painting
ROBERT D. COCKE; Tempe, Arizona; Painting
EILEEN COWIN; Culver City, California; Photography
FERNANDA D ‘AGOSTINO; Missoula, Montana; Sculpture
MARK DAUGHHETEE; Juneau, Alaska; Photography
RICK DILLINGHAM; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Sculpture
JAMES DRAKE; El Paso, Texas; Sculpture
HARRY FRITZIUS; San Francisco, California; Painting
DEWITT GODFREY; Houston, Texas; Multi-Discipline
DOUGLAS KENT HALL; Alcalde, New Mexico; Photography
GOODWIN HARDING; Nescowin, Oregon; Photography
RANDY HOKUSHIN; Haleiwa, Hawaii; Sculpture
RICHARD IBACH; Spokane, Washington; Painting
DEAN JOHNSON; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Sculpture
PAT KLEIN; Emeryville, California; Painting
DAVID KRAISLER; Scottsdale, Arizona; Sculpture
SHERRY MARKOVITZ; Seattle, Washington; Multi-Discipline
ANITA MARGRILL; San Francisco, California; Multi-Discipline
MELISSA MILLER; Austin, Texas; Painting
NANCY TOKAR MILLER; Tucson, Arizona; Painting
JOAN MYERS; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Photography
SABINA OTT; Los Angeles, California; Painting
CHARLES PIQUE; Oracle, Arizona; Painting
JANIS PROVISOR; Carbondale, Colorado; Painting
LOUIS RECCHIA; Berthoud, Colorado; Painting
JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ; Boise, Idaho; Painting
AUDREY ROLL-PREISSLER; Lander, Wyoming; Multi-Discipline
MICK SHELDON; Reno, Nevada; Multi-Discipline
CATHY LYNN SHER; Lava Hot Springs, Idaho; Sculpture
GARY E. SMITH; Highland, Utah; Painting
ROBERT WADE; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Multi-Discipline
CHRISTOPHER WARNER; Billings, Montana; Painting
JOHN WENGER; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Painting
SUZANNE WOLFE; Honolulu, Hawaii; Sculpture
DICK WRAY; Houston, Texas; Painting
BOYD R. WRIGHT; Ojai, California; Sculpture
PHYLLIS A. YES; Portland, Oregon; Multi-Discipline
PATRICK ZENTZ; Laurel, Montana; Sculpture
Third Western States Exhibition
Tour Dates
The Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, NY
June 6, 1986 - August 5, 1986
New Orleans Contemporary Art Center
New Orleans, LA
October 18, 1986 - November 30, 1986
*J B. Speed Museum
Louisville, KY
January 2, 1987 - February 22, 1987
Colorado Springs Fine Art Center
Colorado Springs, CO
March 14, 1987 - May 17, 1987
San Antonio Museum of Art
San Antonio, TX
June 7, 1987 - August 24, 1987
Yellowstone Art Center
Billings, MT
September 12, 1987 - October 25, 1987
Palm Springs Desert Museum
Palm Springs, CA
November 20, 1987 - January 10, 1988
San Jose Museum of Art
San Jose, CA
February 5, 1988 - April 3, 1988
* Still tentative
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1971 - 1988. 1986, 032-36.
